878 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
unnecessary to retain those words here. That entry will be entry 35 in the Concurrent List.
Shri Syamanandan Sahaya (Bihar : General) : Sir, I want to make a suggestion.
Mr. President : Just wait a little. There is an amendment to be moved.
Shri Syamanandan Sahaya : I want to make it before the amendment is moved. This item on the list which is proposed by Dr. Ambedkar will have a deal to do with the language of article 24 and I suggest therefore that this item be held over till we have passed article 24....
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I submit that is unnecessary because the power to lay down principles in any case will have to be given to the legislature. The question is whether the centre; should have a separate entry and the Province should have a separate entry for laying down principles of acquisition. What is proposed is this, that for both Centre as well as the provinces, there should be a commmon entry in the Concurrent List. Therefore, whatever happens to article 24, this entry regarding principles will have to be put in somewhere. Unless my friend has any objection to putting the matter in the concurrent List, there is no object served by postponing the consideration of this entry.
Shri Syamanandan Sahaya : I was thinking of a case where even in the matter of acquisition by States the principle may have to be decided by the Central Parliament.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : That is exactly the point. If my friend would understand it, if we put it in the Concurrent List, the Centre also will have power.
Shri Syamanandan Sahaya : Precisely, but you say that the “Centre also will have”. My submission is
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : What I am saying is this : that we are cutting out the words “principles” etc. and putting them in entry 35 of the Concurrent List. If my friend will refer to the two entries,
43 in the Union List and 9 in the State List he will rind both of them are exactly in the same terms. In other words, both of them not only give the power to compulsorily acquire property but also give the power to lay down principles. Instead of distributing the entry regarding principles between the Centre and the provinces independently of each other, it is now proposed to take out those words “principles” etc., and put them in entry 35 of the Concurrent List.
Prof. Shiban Lal Saksena : Would there be any harm if the thing is postponed until the other article is passed ?